Button



(No Model.)

W. 8. ROGERS.

BUTTON.

No. 280,767. Patented July 3, 1883.

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, UNITED STATES ATENT OFFIcE.

\VARREN S. ROGERS, OF \VESTPORT, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTQN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,767, dated July 3,1883.

Application filed February 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN S. Boenns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vestport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have invented newand useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of buttons which are fastened to agarment by means of a rivet-shank; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, whereby asuperior article is obtained at acomparatively low cost of manufacture.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a cross-section showing the button applied to a piece ofcloth. Fig. 2 is a similar section taken in a different plane fromFig.- 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view. of the buttonback. Fig. 4 is across-section -of the buttonface. Fig. 5 is a similar section of a paperdisk used as a filling to the button. Fig. 6 is a similar section of awasher combined with the shank. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of thecomposed of a sheet-metal back, B, a rivetshank, C, a sheet-metal face,I), a filling-disk, E, of paper-namely, paper-board or other similarmaterialand a sheet-metal washer, F. Said back B is dish-shap ed, and iscountersunk in the center to form a stud or offset, into which is fittedthe head h of the shank, the latter projecting outward through a centralhole, i, in the stud, so that it rests on the inner surface of the back.The shank C is in this example made tubular, or in form of an eyelet,-and after having been passed through a suitable hole in the cloth it isclinched or riveted at the outer end in any usual or suitable man ner,the burr or washer F being interposed between the secondary head is,thus formed, and the cloth. The paper disk E fits snugly into the backB, so as to fill the latter approximately, and it is laid thereinprior-to attaching the face D. This face is provided with a flange, Z,which hugs the edge of the back B,

and which is bent under it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the faceis thereby firmly united to the back on the edge. Said face, moreover,is depressed or concaved in the center, as at a, a sufficient depth tocompress the paper disk E upon the head h of the shank; and by thismeans the shank is firmly held in positionthat is to say, it is firmlyconnected to the back and adapted to retain its position in use. By theinterposition of the paper disk E between the face D and the shankheadthe least depression of the face is necessary to retain the shank inposition; but, if desired, said disk may be omitted, and in that casethe face is depressed sufficiently to bear directly upon the shank-head.

In the stud g of the back are a series of barbs, 0, which are struck uptherein by suitable dies and project rearwardly therefrom, so that whenthe button is fastened these barbs penc trate thecloth, and thusmaterially assist in holding the article to its place. The washer F .iscurved in cross-section toward the center, thus assuming aconcavo-convex shape, and it is formed on the edge into a bead, r,whichis on its convex side. In the center of the washer F is a hole, 3, forthe passage of the shank C. In applying the washer to use, its convexside is placed inward against the back of the cloth, and as the barbs 0pierce the cloth they, if made of the proper length, come in contactwith the washer, whereby they are deflected outward, due to itsconvexity, so as to enter the recess it, formed under the bead-namely,at the point where the bead meets the body of the washer-and the washerthus engaging the ends of the barbs, the effect ofthe latter ismaterially increased. The concavity of the washer F receives in it thesecondary head or rivet 7c of the shank, so that such head does notproject on the button. I It may be remarked that .the stud g performsalso the usual function of keeping the head portion of the button awayfrom the cloth, as shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Abutton in which are combined a sheetmetal back countersunk in thecenter to form a stud or offset, a rivet-shank having its head fittedinto the stud, and a sheet-n1eta1 face united to the back on the edge,and depressed in the center for holding the shank in position.

2. A button in which are combined a sheetmetal back countersunk in thecenter to form a stud or offset, a rivet-shank having its head fittedinto the stud, a disk of paper or other similar material laid into theback, and a sheetnietal face united to the back on the edge, anddepressed in the center for compressing the paper disk on the head ofthe shank, and thereby holding the latter in position.

3. A button in which are combined asheetmetal back countersunk in thecenter to form a stud or oitsct, and struck up with barbs in such stud,a rivet'shank 1n ving its head titted into the stud, and a sheet-metalface united to the back on the edge, and depressed in the center forholding the shank in position.

4. A button in which are combined a sheet- 20 meta]. back countersunk inthe center to form a stud or offset, and struck up with barbs in suchstud, a rivet-shank having its head fitted into the stud, aconcavo-convex sheet-metal 'asher beaded on the edge to engage the barbsof the stud, and a sheet-metal face united to the back on the edge, anddepressed in the center for holding the shank in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing 0 witnesses.

WARREN s. Roonns.

\Vitncsses:

EDMOND 0. SMITH, \V. HAUFF.

